In one of the most highly anticipated judgments in recent years, the UK Supreme Court has unanimously rejected a class-action style compensation claim under the Data Protection Act 1998. The Supreme Court decision was handed down as a result of a claim raised against Google LLC (Google) by Richard Lloyd on behalf of four million data subjects.
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UK Supreme Court hands down another FRAND decision
By Marianne Schaffner & Jonathan Radcliffe on
FRAND issues are at the heart of the most significant patent cases in Europe (in the UK, Germany and France – please see our previous alert here). After the Nokia vs Daimler decision last week by the Mannheim Court, and decision handed down in Sisvel v. Haier earlier in May by the German Supreme…
The Supreme Court Reconsiders the Rule on Penalties
By Linsey A. Macdonald & Eleanor Ruiz on
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom’s eagerly anticipated decision in Cavendish v El Makdessi and ParkingEye v Beavis had been handed down. With the rule on penalties laid down back in 1915 – the Supreme Court was left with a lot to reflect upon. The results? A welcome reappraisal of the rule.
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UK Supreme Court upholds disclosure order to name individuals who advertised sales of international rugby match tickets
By Cynthia O’Donoghue on
On 21 November, in Rugby Football Union v Viagogo Ltd [2012] UKSC 55, the UK Supreme Court upheld the Court of Appeals’ order for the disclosure of the identities of individuals who had used an online ticketing website to sell and purchase international rugby tickets at inflated prices in breach of the Rugby Football…